This creamy cauliflower walnut pasta is inspired by the walnut sauce that I’ve got as a souvenir from Italy. It was ages ago but I still remember the taste of it.
(I’m really bad in styling spaghetti lol.)
Original sauce contained Parmesan cheese, walnuts and cream or oil, I can’t recall exactly. The point is it was so full of fat! I could use cashew cream to veganize it but I thought it would be too much. Instead I blitzed cooked cauliflower with soy milk for creamy texture. And it worked just great!
Bring two pots of water (one large and one small) to boil. In large one cook your pasta. In small one cook cauliflower until just tender for about 7 minutes.
Drain cauliflower and add to a blender together with plant-based milk, apple cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, salt and spices. Blend until very smooth.
Then add walnuts and pulse couple of times. You want to see small walnut bits in your sauce.
When pasta is al dente drain it and mix with the sauce. Serve with freshly ground black pepper and few pieces of walnuts on top.
PrintCreamy Cauliflower Walnut Pasta
Rich, creamy and flavorsome cauliflower walnut pasta.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Main course
- Cuisine: Italian, Vegan
Ingredients
- 200g dried pasta
- 150g cauliflower, chopped
- 1/2 C plant milk
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1/3 C walnuts
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring two pots of water (one large and one small) to boil. In large one cook your pasta. In small one cook cauliflower until just tender for about 7 minutes.
- Drain cauliflower and add to a blender together with plant-based milk, apple cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, salt and spices. Blend until very smooth.
- Then add walnuts and pulse couple of times. You want to see small walnut bits in your sauce.
- When pasta is al dente drain it and mix with the sauce. Serve with freshly ground black pepper and few pieces of walnuts on top.
Nutrition
- Calories: 568
- Sugar: 7.6g
- Sodium: 61mg
- Fat: 15.2g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2g
- Carbohydrates: 86.9g
- Fiber: 7.8g
- Protein: 23.2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: pasta, cauliflower, walnuts, Italian, vegan, vegetarian
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